De Villiers hasn't played international cricket since 2018 but has been playing domestic and franchise cricket throughout the globe.
For South Africa to seal a semifinal berth, they must win against England by a good margin in their final group match and hope West Indies beat contenders Australia, who currently have superior net run rate to the Proteas.
Pacers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje ran through the Bangladesh batting line-up to fashion South Africa's comfortable six-wicket win, which took the Proteas closer to the T20 World Cup semis.
A rejuvenated South Africa will now look to strengthen their semi-final hopes when they meet a struggling Bangladesh in a Group 1 Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup.
Chasing 143 for victory, South Africa reached the target with one ball to spare in their Super 12 Group 2 match, in which Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva also picked up a hat-trick.
South African opener Quinton de Kock on Saturday took the knee before his team's T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka here, having pulled out of the side's last game after refusing to perform the gesture.
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South Africa captain Temba Bavuma opted to bowl first after winning the toss against Dashun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka in Super 12 encounter of T20 World Cup Group 1 in Sharjah.
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma on Tuesday said "it wasn't ideal" to get a directive on taking the knee hours before the start of their T20 World Cup match against the West Indies and promised to be there for Quinton de Kock, who chose to withdraw from the game instead of following the order.
South Africa beat defending champions West Indies by eight wickets in their second Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Tuesday.
Quinton de Kock refused to take the knee ahead of South Africa's clash against West Indies in T20 World Cup 2021.
South Africa will take on West Indies on 26th October (Tuesday) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The action will begin at 3:30 PM IST.
Australia endured some anxious moments before edging out South Africa by five wickets after their bowlers set it up with a clinical display in an ICC T20 World Cup match.
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Australia will hope their lacklustre top order can fire from the word go when they open their T20 World Cup campaign against an under-the-radar South African side.
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